Propiedades reológicas de emulsiones de petróleo pesado en agua

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation is to determine the influence of temperature variations on the reological properties of the emulsions of heavy oil in water. It was studied a mixture formed by 70% of petroleum of 15 or API, 29% of water and 1 tensoactivo%. Starting from the reologic study the behavior of the apparent viscosity is given with relationship to the shear rate for different temperatures. It is observed that the emulsion presents properties seudoplastic; not being i this variation of temperature doesn't cause variations in the index of flow, way with the apparent viscosity and the index of consistency that diminish with the increase of the temperature, what is corroborated with other authors studies.